"Tales of old St. Nick
12/22/2007 01:00 AM EST
The notion of Santa Claus was born in the fourth century. The inspiration comes from St. Nicholas of Myra, a Christian bishop in what is now modern-day Turkey. He had a reputation of being generous, reportedly once giving a poor family with three daughters three dowries so they wouldn’t have to be sold into prostitution."
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